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Comparative evaluation of pharmacy students’ knowledge and skills in maternal and child health: Traditional versus integrated curriculum
(MDPI, 2022)
: Reducing maternal and child mortality is a health priority in South Africa. Therefore, health
professional education should produce graduates that can meet these needs. This study compared
the maternal and child health ...
Association between socio-economic factors and HIV self-testing knowledge amongst South African women
(AOSIS, 2022)
Self-testing for HIV is an effective and alternative method of increasing HIV testing rates and a strategy for reaching populations that are underserved by HIV testing services. Nonetheless, many resource-constrained ...
A post-market quality assessment of first-line, fixed-dose combination antiretrovirals in South Africa
(Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 2019)
South Africa has the world’s largest antiretroviral (ARV) program and despite having stringent upstream medicine’s
regulatory oversight, the post-market reassessment of ARV quality is prohibitively resource intensive. The ...
The implementation of a risk based assessment approach by the South African Health pProducts Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
(Springer, 2023)
An extensive backlog of pending regulatory decisions is one of the major historical challenges that the South
African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) inherited from the Medicine Control Council (MCC). Revising ...
Exploring practising pharmacy graduates’ views on improving the effectiveness of pharmacy education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(HEALTH & MEDICAL PUBLISHING GROUP, 2019)
South African health professional education institutions have a mandate to produce graduates who are able to address priority needs of the
healthcare system and larger society. However, evidence of the effective use of ...
Describing medicine therapy management of type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary health care facilities in Cape Town
(AOSIS, 2019)
Rational medicine use aims to optimise chronic disease management and prevent
episodes of hospitalisation that economically burden the health care system. Diabetes mellitus
is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases ...
Treating urinary tract infections in public sector primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A pharmaceutical perspective
(South African Medical Association, 2022)
Antibiotic resistance is a global healthcare burden complicating the management of infections. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are commonly treated in primary care. Managing UTIs appropriately in primary care can combat ...
Tandem lc-ms identification of antitubercular compounds in zones of growth inhibition produced by South African filamentous actinobacteria
(MDPI, 2023)
Novel antitubercular compounds are urgently needed to combat drug-resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). Filamentous actinobacteria have historically been an excellent source of
antitubercular drugs. Despite this, ...
Preparation and evaluation of pralidoxime-loaded plga nanoparticles as potential carriers of the drug across the blood brain barrier
(Hindawi, 2015)
Pralidoxime is an organophosphate antidote with poor central nervous system distribution due to a high polarity. In the present
study, pralidoxime-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles were prepared and ...